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• American names memorialized on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
• Congress recognized our contribution by passing H.R. 371, the Hmong Naturalization Act, which provides
• Additionally, our service was acknowledged through a memorial plaque and a dedicated tree in Arlington

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• So we're not sure how Congress will act to that or if they'll make any changes to the Pell Grant program
• So we're not sure how Congress will act to that or if they'll make any changes to the Pell Grant program
• <00:51:57.200> will<00:51:57.359> act So we're not sure how Congress will act So we're
• not sure how Congress will act to<00:51:57.760> that<00:51:57.839> or<00:51:58.000>
• Sometimes my memory fails me, but I'm pretty good with numbers. >> Actually, the FY25 amount was 20.3

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Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education heard presentations from the University of Louisville and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) on their strategic plans, enrollment trends, and budget priorities. University of Louisville President Bradley highlighted the university’s new five-year strategic plan, its R1 research status, community-engaged and opportunity college classifications, record enrollment of 25,005 students, and its role in serving first-generation, Pell-eligible, military-connected, and rural students. He also emphasized the university’s economic and workforce impact, including athletics, nursing, dentistry, and a recent Speed School building, and previewed major capital and program requests: a $142 million STEMH building, a $15 million one-time request for National Cancer Institute-related cancer research, and $5.3 million for the Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership. He also discussed a planned $260 million health sciences building and the university’s efforts to expand health care access beyond Louisville through regional sites and residency partnerships. Members responded positively, with Representative Tipton asking about agency bond projects and regional health outreach, and President Bradley saying the university is evaluating debt capacity and exploring smaller projects while noting that the STEM building request would rely on state-funded debt service. He described UofL Health’s expansion into places such as Bullitt County, Shelbyville, Madisonville, and Paducah, and its efforts to train physicians for rural practice. Representative McCool praised the university’s military-friendly designation and cancer research priorities and noted personal family ties to UofL. Michaela Aman, a sophomore from Letcher County, also testified about how UofL has supported her as a rural student and emphasized the university’s commitment to opportunity and social mobility. KCTCS President Ryan Quarles and CFO Todd Kilburn then presented the system’s enrollment, completion, and workforce-training results. They said KCTCS now serves more than 110,000 students, graduated a record 24,000 students last May, and has moved from 45th to 4th nationally in graduation rate. They also highlighted that over half of students are first-generation, 60% work while enrolled, 70% of graduates work in Kentucky, and 74% graduate with no student loan debt. KCTCS described its common-course-numbering agreement with Morehead State as part of a broader transfer simplification effort, and said it trains about 200,000 Kentuckians annually when including workforce training and firefighter instruction. The system also outlined efficiency measures, including property sales, a new bookstore contract projected to save $4.3 million over five years, and a new evaluation process for real estate and facilities. KCTCS’s budget and capital requests included operating funding tied to enrollment growth, support for the TRAINs program, the ECTC training facility at Glendale, continued support for Health Force Kentucky, three capital construction projects at Jefferson, Bluegrass, and Gateway, and asset preservation funding focused on safety and security upgrades. Quarles also referenced House Bill 5, saying it would expand KCTCS’s correctional education and re-entry work and could help reduce recidivism. Members asked about the bill and its impact, and KCTCS said it already provides instruction in jails and prisons and sees the proposal as an extension of that work.

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• Americans had independence many younger Americans had independence many younger Americans had no memory
• of the Revolutionary no memory of the Revolutionary no memory of the Revolutionary generation and a
• President First Continental Congress President First Continental Congress President James Monroe invited
• had most kindly participated in Congress had most kindly participated in Congress had most kindly participated
• Representatives here in your Congress Representatives here in your Congress unite every circumstance

Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• Others enjoy hearing Tom's personal stories growing up in Petersburg, Virginia, with fond memories of
• There's a conference report that's been received for House Bill 125, House Bill 125, Congress report.
• On Monday, we'll take up all the commending memorial resolutions, and then we just pick them up every
• On Monday, we'll take up all the commending memorial resolutions, and then we just pick them up every
• On Monday, we'll take up all the commending memorial resolutions, and then we just pick them up every

Keywords: March 06, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• We have a memorial resolution. Chair recognizes Representative Wu for a memorial recognition.
• Monday in memory of Leonard Frank Intis Jr. of Georgetown. Is there any objection?
• the portion of the Farm to Market Road and 2360 by Stark County of the Jose Maria Longoria State Memorial
• Nunn Memorial Highway referred to the Committee on Transportation HB 4954 by Landgraf relating to the
• HG 5010 by Spit ruling the memorial designation of certain portions of the international border wall

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• It's a memorial resolution. 549 550 551 Chair recognizes Representative Ruwu for a memorial recognition
• Monday in memory of Leonard Frank Ennis Jr. of Georgetown. Is there any objection?
• Highway 79 in the Freestone and Leon Counties as the Cecil and Dorothy Bell Memorial Highway.
• Nunn Memorial Highway.
• The United States Congress will report the committee on state affairs.

Bills: HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• It is on the side of Florida Memorial University. It has the support of all floor, all 4 HBC use.
• So now to have Flynn memorial on this land and create this partnership with Saint John's, that's going
• So it is for me just when when my church has been I to be involved with Florida memorial, most of my
• We spent a lot of time in many groups in supporting students at Florida Memorial.
• You want to not have to have a memorial services. Let's do it. I'm voting for the bill.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This is where the federal Congress had appropriated funding, and then the administration, the federal
• One of the big promises made by the federal government And by the Congress when they passed H.R. 1 is
• The federal Congress, by majority vote, agreed. So this is funding that has been pulled.
• What if the federal government, Congress, and the Senate decide they're going to undo this?
• My understanding is this bill was passed by Congress in 2022 during the Biden administration.

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• Finally, later in 2018, Congress passed and the president signed legislation establishing what's now
• tabulators as well as additional memory tabulators as well as additional memory devices<01:02:51.240
• The week after the bill passed, or month after the bill passed, he announced he was leaving Congress
• passed announce he was leaving Congress passed announce he was leaving Congress to<01:29:17.280>
• A lot of our citizens talk about it, and those things are driven based on the perception of Congress,

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• As an academic institution, Florida Memorial University has research capabilities, faculty expertise,
• As an academic institution, Florida Memorial University has research capabilities, faculty expertise,
• This bill moves and relocates the council to Florida Memorial University, which would, and relocates
• So I think your side has the White House, the Senate, and Congress.
• So I think your side has the White House, the Senate, and Congress.

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then took up a motion to reconsider the prior day’s failed vote on CS for SB 1080 (local government land regulation), which was adopted without objection, and moved into the special order calendar. A series of bills were debated and mostly passed, often after substituting House companions. Measures approved included funding for expedited DNA testing grants, additional aggravating factors in capital cases, fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients, commuter rail indemnification, migrant vessel disposition, specialty license plates, an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign, relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter school changes, sexual offender registration updates, utility worker assault/battery penalties, juvenile justice revisions, student mental health outcome reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School changes, school readiness resources for children with disabilities, sexual images/child exploitation penalties, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county tax collector/property appraiser employees. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, benefits for certain officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and brownfields. Debate centered on public safety, health care access, education, recovery housing, and government administration. Some of the most substantive discussion came on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered and defeated after extended debate over election-related communications and the proper scope of existing ethics laws. The certified recovery residences bill also drew extensive support and testimony about addiction recovery and housing stability. Most bills passed on strong bipartisan votes, with a few receiving notable opposition, including the charter schools bill, the aggravating factors bill, and the Office of Faith and Community bill.

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• And you all have heard us in the words we said for her memorial service.
• On Tuesday, we had a very special memorial unveiling here in Tallahassee.
• The Holocaust Memorial was unveiled, and it was an extraordinary event.
• And we got to yes on this memorial. I'm proud that we did. It was over time.
• I was just going to tell everyone, invite them all to visit the Holocaust Remembrance Memorial.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions recognizing visiting groups and resolutions, including Blood Clot Awareness Month and Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and considered a series of bills, with most measures passing overwhelmingly after brief explanations and debate. Among the early bills, SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles passed 32-5, allowing local governments to opt in to limited street use of UTVs under specified safety rules; SB 102 on exceptional student education passed 36-0 to create a workforce credential program for students with autism or modified curricula; SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults passed 37-0; SB 130 on compensation for wrongful incarceration passed 38-0 after expanding filing timelines and easing restrictions on compensation claims; and SB 158 on diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations passed 38-0 to eliminate cost sharing for follow-up breast imaging under the state employee health plan. The most extended debate centered on SB 234, which sought to strengthen penalties and clarify the law regarding violent resistance to law enforcement officers and offenses against officers. Supporters argued the bill was needed after the Jason Raynor case to prevent defendants from using claims about an officer’s legal duty to justify violence, while opponents raised concerns about removing “good faith” language, potential impacts on Fourth Amendment protections, racial profiling, and the bill’s mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of an officer. A Jones amendment to restore “good faith” failed, and after further debate the sponsor temporarily postponed the bill without a final vote. The Senate also passed SB 262 on trust code technical changes (36-0), SB 274 designating roadways for Harris Rosen and Geraldine Thompson (38-0) and opening the board for 37 co-sponsors, SB 280 creating an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualifications (38-0), and SB 296 repealing the statewide middle and high school start-time mandate in favor of local decision-making and reporting requirements (38-0). Later, SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida, with supporters emphasizing the need to confront antisemitism and preserve Holocaust memory; the bill was introduced and debated, with the transcript ending during remarks by President Gaetz about the recent Holocaust memorial unveiling. Throughout the meeting, senators also used debate to highlight broader policy themes such as autism workforce inclusion, breast cancer screening, wrongful incarceration reform, school district flexibility, and honoring community leaders through road designations. The chamber’s actions were largely affirmative, with several unanimous votes and one notable postponed bill after substantial disagreement."}】}]}}```

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• At this time, I respectfully ask that this body join me in a moment of silence in memory of Vice Mayor
• Committee, and he then represented Florida's Eighth Congressional District, the Space Coast, in Congress
• President, that the Senate would stand in respectful silence for a moment in memory of Senator Bill Posey

Summary: The Florida Senate convened in special session for budget conference work, opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and moments of silence honoring Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Mateer and former Senator Bill Posey. The Secretary read the joint proclamation calling the special session, which was limited to budget and related conforming legislation, including appropriations, implementing bills, collective bargaining/state employees, retirement, law enforcement radio system, health, higher education, K-12 education, government administration, correctional facilities, judges, documentary stamp tax distributions, petroleum cleanup, fuel taxes, and taxation. Senators also heard Chair Hooper outline the process for moving identical Senate bills and House companion bills into conference posture. The Senate then took up and passed several Senate bills and House companion bills, generally by 32-0 votes, after adopting delete-all/insert-nothing amendments to place the Senate language onto the House vehicles. Bills addressed fuel taxes and Inland Protection Trust Fund distributions, the state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge, judicial certification, K-12 education conforming changes, retirement, higher education, health care, collective bargaining/state employees, government administration, correctional facilities financing and capital improvements, documentary stamp tax distributions, petroleum cleanup programs, and taxation. In debate on the tax bill, Leader Berman urged consideration of suspending the motor fuel tax to provide relief at the pump, but the House-passed tax bill did not pass as received, and the Senate requested conference instead. The chamber also processed the main budget measures: Senate Bill 2500E and House Bill 5001E for the General Appropriations Act, and Senate Bill 2502E and House Bill 5003E for the implementing bill. After substituting the House bills and adopting conforming amendments, the Senate passed them and requested conference. For the remaining House bills, the Senate either passed them as amended and then acceded to or requested conference on the House request. The session concluded with a motion to waive rules for publishing the Special Order Calendar for the remainder of the special session, an announcement that the Special Order Calendar Group would not meet on May 12 or 13, and adjournment upon the call of the President for committee meetings and other Senate business.

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• Prady's memory by demanding true accountability, protecting constitutional rights, and reexamining policies
• I request a moment of silence in memory of Mr. Pretti and Ms. Good.
• But Congress has used it as a political football. But denying humanity is not how we change policy.

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Summary: The House convened with prayer by Deacon Ernie Gonzalez, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of Dr. Pamela Murphy as Doctor of the Day. Members also introduced guests, including local officials, Arizona Game and Fish commissioners, and advocates from the Alzheimer’s Association. A proclamation was read designating January 26, 2026, as Arizona Aviation Day, highlighting the industry’s economic impact and the role of airports, aerospace, and aviation-related jobs in the state. The clerk then recorded a large number of bills and resolutions for first and second reading, covering water and energy policy, education savings accounts and school choice, elections and campaign finance, veterans issues, public safety, housing, health care, immigration-related matters, and land and natural resources. Representative Gress also read a resolution recognizing National School Choice Week and praising Arizona’s school choice programs, including charter schools and empowerment scholarship accounts. A lengthy portion of the meeting consisted of members’ personal privilege remarks responding to violence and immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota and Arizona. Many members condemned ICE tactics, described fear and harm in immigrant communities, and called for constitutional rights, due process, and accountability; several requested or observed a moment of silence. No substantive floor votes on legislation were taken during the transcript beyond the motion to adjourn, which passed, and the House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

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• brainchild, actually, of DOD, stemming out of the 2019 Defense National Appropriation Act, where Congress
• We have seen Florida grow, and within the collective memory, We have seen Florida grow, and within the
• collective memory of our family, we have seen this story that we're all living through before.

Summary: The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee heard a full agenda of local and policy bills, with most measures receiving favorable reports. Early in the meeting, the committee approved HB 4019, capping Lake County inmate health care and emergency transport reimbursements at percentages tied to Medicare; HB 97, allowing small counties to opt back into transportation concurrency; HB 267, expanding SHIP/local housing assistance eligibility to mobile home owners paying lot rent; HB 351, creating a framework for concurrent state jurisdiction over certain matters involving military installations, with an amendment changing the bill to say the state “may accept” jurisdiction; HB 4013, revising and merging fire district boundaries in Lee County; HB 481, increasing public nuisance fines and strengthening nuisance abatement and foreclosure procedures; HB 4025, conveying state land to the Village of Tequesta for continued park use; and HB 4017, repealing an obsolete Nassau County recreation and water control district, as amended. The most extensive discussion centered on HB 299, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which would create a voluntary framework for very large developments that dedicate 60% of land to conservation while allowing compact, walkable development and affordable housing on the remainder. The sponsor argued it would balance growth, conservation, and housing affordability without new bureaucracy, while opponents from Audubon Florida, county groups, and local governments warned the bill could weaken local planning, lack enforceable conservation safeguards, and allow nonconservation uses within reserved areas. Supporters said it could preserve large tracts of land at no taxpayer cost and improve long-range planning. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying reserve areas, allowing use of the state’s Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, requiring easements be provided without charge, and aligning affordability definitions with existing programs. The bill then passed favorably as amended, with some members voting no. The committee also approved HB 4023, a local bill adjusting the boundaries of the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District in Collier County, with no change to the district’s powers and duties. Several bills drew supportive testimony from local officials, industry groups, or affected residents, and some had amendments adopted without objection. At the end of the meeting, the chair noted it was the last interim committee week meeting, thanked members and staff, and encouraged continued stakeholder engagement ahead of session.

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• Speaker I move to set a congratulatory memorial resolutions calendar for 10 a.m.
• Wednesday, March 5th. and Agricultural Museum in a formal meeting to consider a congratulatory and memorial
• Congress.

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• That's not what we should be doing here in Congress.
• That's not what we should be doing here in Congress.
• May her memory be a blessing.
• <00:50:11.599> has detain all these people Congress has detain all these people Congress has
• <00:58:07.680> to that desperately needs Congress to that desperately needs Congress to allocate

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This Congress, Mr.
• <00:54:54.440> who as the only member of Congress who as the only member of Congress who actually
• her presence will be missed in Congress her presence will be missed in Congress I<04:19:22.760><
• you're if you're a member of Congress you're if you're a member of Congress you<04:37:12.561>
• <05:11:53.520> capable complex is the modern Congress capable complex is the modern Congress

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Congress created the department.
• , 81 days into this session of Congress, 81 days into this session of Congress, and<00:28:04.080>
• > have<03:11:27.279> already of Congress who have already of Congress who have already
• <04:39:22.240> We Congress with bipartisan support. We Congress with bipartisan support.
• And it is time for this Congress.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Committee on Local Consent Calendars to prepare and distribute one or more suspension congratulatory and memorial
• I'm just trying to refresh my memory, is this the pimp bill from the session?
• All right, you guys, if any of you were paying attention to what just happened, I will refresh your memory
• No Congress shall make a law." A law infringing on First Amendment rights.
• 26th and the residents of Congressional District 8 have gone 174 days without representation in Congress

Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14, HB 8, HB 12, SB 3, HJR 1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• Um, if my memory, if my memory serves me correct, we'll count the District of Columbia as a state because
• I've, I've been asked to possibly go to Congress and testify at the US Congress regarding some of these
• is why businesses and and large nonprofit healthcare systems like Houston Methodist Hospital and Memorial